Dr. Patty Gently
An INFJ heretic-hermit and doctor of developmental psychology living in the liminal. As a dyslexic 2e adult, I map the tensions between trauma, giftedness, and inner truth through GEARs and Dąbrowski’s TPD—for the fire-shaped, still seeking home.
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The Neurobiological Reality of Giftedness as a Neurodivergence, and the Social Justice Implications
Image from Bernd Dittrich of Germany
The Claim
A Substack piece shared widely by both the Gifted Development Center and the Mensa Foundation argues that high intelligence and neurodivergence are categorically distinct. According to thi...
Is Too!
In an article titled High Intelligence is not Neurodivergence, the author (whom I will not name as I hope to focus on the topic) argues that high intelligence and neurodivergence are categorically distinct. Intelligence describes level of c...
HNP Master Reference List — Organized by Subject
I will update this periodically… so feel free to to come back by to “visit” it! -Patty
Here are the 21 subject categories in the master reference list:
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Neuroplasticity & Metaplasticity Fundamentals
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Developmental Systems Theory...
Dąbrowski’s Psychoneurosis and the HNP Coupling Model
I’m writing this from the Ehlers-Danlos Society Global Learning Conference, where this year’s theme is Exploring Comorbidities in EDS and HSD. A theme like that could only exist because the field stopped pretending these conditions live in...
Pre-Pandemic POTS and Long COVID POTS Share the Same Inflammatory Signature
A new study came out this July, 2026 comparing two groups of POTS patients who, on paper, shouldn’t look anything alike. One group was diagnosed before the pandemic existed. There was nothing viral about their onset. The other group develop...
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Writing from a psychological interregnum as an INFJ heretic-hermit and developmental psychologist. Exploring trauma, giftedness, truth, GEARs, Dąbrowski’s TPD, and hyperneuroplasticity, while challenging white supremacy... all the things.
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